Teaching Experience

Work History & Highlights

Elementary Leave Teacher - 1st Grade

• Assumed teaching responsibility for 16 students in an integrated 1st-grade classroom

• Established and maintained rapport with students to improve classroom management

• Taught and reinforced Leader In Me: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in the classroom

• Implemented reading and math small groups for students at varying academic levels

• Collaborated with colleagues in a professional learning community (PLC) to create reading and math resources

November 2022 - December 2022

• Created and implemented individualized learning plans (IEP) for 3 and 4-year-old special education students to meet their differing needs

• Produced and carried out specially designed instruction in the following areas: reading, mathematics, behavior, and adaptive behavior in both 3 and 4-year-old preschool classroom

• Provided a monthly newsletter to parents detailing the following month’s learning plan, along with important dates

• Provided a written daily report for parents on a case-by-case basis

• Collected data points for each special education student to track learning progress toward their IEP goals

• Created a welcoming environment and established positive relationships with students and their families

• Collaborated with colleagues to create engaging learning experiences for students in an integrated classroom setting

• Assumed teaching responsibility for 18 students in an integrated preschool classroom

• Established relationships and built rapport with students, staff, and parents

• Implemented PBIS strategies with the students

• Collaborated with preschool staff to create differentiated lesson plans for a diverse group of learners

• Collected and input data in preparation for conferences and GOLD winter checkpoint

• Provided a weekly newsletter to parents detailing the following week’s learning plan, along with recommendations for learning experiences at home

• Assumed full teaching responsibility for 23 students, 3 of whom had an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and 3 of whom were English Language Learners (ELL)

• Designed and implemented two weeks of instruction using the Creative Curriculum and the Lucy Calkins Curriculum. using the Creative Curriculum and the Lucy Calkins Curriculum